Messaging Menu is visible even when no applications are using it

Bug #1045039 reported by actionparsnip
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Messaging Menu
Fix Committed
High
Lars Karlitski
indicator-messages (Ubuntu)
Fix Committed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

As above, indicator messages menu is devoid of other entries except the word 'clear'

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: indicator-messages 12.10.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 2 17:52:26 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120724.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-messages
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) wrote :
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

I believe its supposed to not appear at all when no app is set to use the messaging menu. We should track this bug report to fix that.

Changed in indicator-messages (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in indicator-messages:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in indicator-messages (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Lars Karlitski (larsu)
Changed in indicator-messages:
importance: Medium → High
assignee: nobody → Lars Uebernickel (larsu)
milestone: none → 12.10.3
Lars Karlitski (larsu)
summary: - Messages indicator only shows 'clear' when clicked
+ Messaging Menu is visible even when no applications are using it
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Lars Karlitski (larsu) wrote :

The attached branch fixes the problem. I'm not merging it into trunk yet because it triggers a crash in gio every second time the indicator is hidden.

Changed in indicator-messages:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in indicator-messages:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in indicator-messages (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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